The Voice of Marana since 2007
Volume 29 • Number 49 November 30, 2022
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Marana Parks & Rec wins two state awards
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NEWS............................. 6 Make Way for Books benefitting from grant
BUSINESS................... 12 Reform your core at new Pilates studio
An example of Ute Vaughn’s work, influenced by the desert world around her. (Submitted/Ute Vaughn)
Ancient art finds its way into new works BY KAREN SCHAFFNER
SPORTS........................ 15 Student of the Week ran his way to netville
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hen artist Ute Vaughn was a little girl, she saw a photo of a Henri Rousseau OPINION............................................. 10 painting in a magazine. BUSINESS........................................... 12 It knocked her out. That glimpse LIVEN UP............................................ 14 SPORTS............................................... 15 determined the course of her life, and now she is HEALTH.............................................. 18 something extraordinary: a person who is makPUZZLE/HOROSCOPES.................. 19 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS................ 20 ing a living as a fine art painter.
“I’m a full-time artist, and I’m not a starving artist,” she said. At 65, Vaughn has spent her life making art, and today she sells her work at juried shows. Vaughn only creates what she likes, so that is what she sells. “I totally paint from my heart,” she said. Her work, mostly watercolor, reflects the colSee ART Page 5
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he town of Marana’s Parks and Recreation Department has won two awards from the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association. The 2022 APRA Awards Program recognizes the efforts of those throughout the state who go above and beyond to make a difference in their community. They held their 72nd annual awards luncheon at the Peoria Sports Complex on Nov. 8 where the town of Marana was presented with the Outstanding Program Award-Cultural Awareness Program and Natural Resources Award. The Parks & Recreation Department won the Outstanding Program Award- Cultural Awareness Program for the Town’s Founders’ Day 2022. The signature event is held every March and celebrates Marana’s agricultural and cultural heritage while commemorating its establishment dating to March 21, 1977. The department won the Natural Resources Award for the El Rio Preserve. The 104-acre El Rio Preserve site fulfills the community’s vision to have an open water environment for wildlife, passive recreation opportunities and education programming for local school groups and organizations.
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